Hook and eye.



No. 70l,583`. Y Patented lune 3, |902.

S. W. P. LEA.

H 0 0 K A N D E Y E.

(Appliation filed Feb. 8, I l`902.)

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( No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SARAH W. P. LEA, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,583, dated J une 3, 1902. r

Application iiled February 8, 1902. Serial No. 93,110. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that 1,sARAH w. P. LEA, a Citi-c 'zen of the United States, residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, of which the following is a f nll and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a placket-fastening device of the class known as hooks and eyes which is simple in construction and operation and which may be conveniently operated to close the placket and also easily disconnected whenever desired.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of myimprovement are designated by the saine reference characters in each of the views, and in whichvFigure l is a side view of the back part of a skirt below the waistband andshowing the placketopening and my improved placketfastening device; Fig. 2, a,section on the line '2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 1,

showing one part of the fastening device detached; Fig. 4, a similar view showing the other part of the fastening device in the same position, and Fig. 5' a view showing the method of connecting the separate parts of my improved placket-fastening device.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at a, a portion of the upper part of a skirt which is provided with the usual placket-opening a2, and, as shown in the drawings, the adjacent parts of the skirt at the opposite sides of the placket-opening are folded outwardly and then inwardly, as shown at a3 and a4, and one part of the skirt is again folded outwardly, as shown at a5, this construction being clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the separate folds thus formed may be stitched together, if desired. This folding of the separate parts of the skirt at the opposite sides of the placket-opening, however, forms no part of my invention, and the placket-opening may be arranged in any desired manner.

In the practice of my invention I provide a placket-closing device consisting of two sep,-

\ arate parts b and c,`these parts in my imthe ends of the sides of which are folded tot gether at one end of said link to form a ring or eye b4. To form the ring or eye b4, the end of one part of the wire is bent into form, and the end of the other part is bent around the first, all as shown at b4, and the wire or separate parts thereof are not crossed at this point; but in forming the ring or eye b2 the wires are crossed at b5. It will be seen that the ring or eye b2 is at or approximately at the end of the link opposite the end b4, and in securing this part of the device to a garment the rings or eyes b2 and b4 are stitched or sewed to the garment in the manner of an ordinary hook where hooks and eyes are employed.

In forming the part c of my improved fastening device I take a piece of wire and bend it centrally to form a loop-shaped hook c2, which is open at one side, and the separate parts or shanks c3 of which are bent downwardly and backwardly and then laterally to form two rings or eyes c4 closely adjacent to the base portion of the hook c2, and the separate parts of the wire are then bent parallel,

as shown at c5, and formed into a ring or eye c6,- which is similar in all respects to the ring or eye b4 of the part b. This part of the fastening device is secured to the garment by stitching or sewing through the'rings or eyes c4 and c, and by reason of the fact that the ring or eye b2 of one part and c4 of the other part are close to the engaging ends ofthe separate parts of the fastening device the adjacent parts of the garment at the opposite sides of the placket-opening are not allowed to turn backwardly or fold up, but are held in proper position at all times.

The loop-shaped hook c2 is of such width that it cannot be passed through the link b except when the body portion of the part cis turned downwardly, and in order to connect the separate parts ofthe fastening device, as shown in Fig. 1, and thus secure or close the placket-opening, that part of the garment at the right-hand side of the placket-opening is pulled downwardly or that part of the garment at the left-hand side of the placket-opening is pulled upwardly, and the part o of the fastening device is turned downwardly, so as to pass the hook c2 through the link b, after which the parts return to the position shown in Fig. l. The placket-opening when thus closed will remain securely closed, and no movement of the skirt or the separate parts thereof will disconnect the separate parts of the fastening device.

The hook c2 is greater in transverse diameter than the width of the link b, and said hook cannot be passed through the link b in the manner of ordinary hooks and eyes, and the parts must be inthe position I have described before they can be connected.

Although I have shown but one of these fastening devices in position, it will be apparent that two or more may be employed, but under all ordinary circumstances one will be suficient.

My improved fastening device is not limited in use to the object herein set out, and

it will be apparent that said fastening device maybe used for other purposes, and changes in and modifications of the construction described may be made Without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A fastening device of the hook-and-eye type, and composed of two parts, the eye part being oblong or link-shaped in form and provided at one end With a loop or ring, and at one side and adjacent to the opposite end with a loop or ring, the other part consisting of a hook and body or back portion, the hook being wider than the transverse width of the link or oblong portion of the eye part, and provided with a narrow shank, and the back or body portion being provided with rings or loops, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in pres ence of the subscribing Witnesses, this (3th day of February, 1902.

SARAH XV. P. LEA. Vitnesses:

F. A. STEWART, F. F. TELLER. 

